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... letters , and should wish to refer anyone who wishes for further par- ticulars about him to Mr. Edwardes's biography . For the general history I have followed mainly Ranke's History of England , Mr. S. R. Gardiner's History of England ...
... letters , and should wish to refer anyone who wishes for further par- ticulars about him to Mr. Edwardes's biography . For the general history I have followed mainly Ranke's History of England , Mr. S. R. Gardiner's History of England ...
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... letters in Nicholas's Life and Times of Sir C. Hatton , give many amusing pieces of court gossip . A vivid picture of social life , and an interesting account of English literature under Elizabeth , will be found in Mr. J. R. Green's ...
... letters in Nicholas's Life and Times of Sir C. Hatton , give many amusing pieces of court gossip . A vivid picture of social life , and an interesting account of English literature under Elizabeth , will be found in Mr. J. R. Green's ...
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... against the English ; it was hardly to be expected that they themselves would treat the Spaniards leniently . It certainly seems strange to see a man like Ralegh , afterwards the refined courtier , the cultivated man of letters , en-
... against the English ; it was hardly to be expected that they themselves would treat the Spaniards leniently . It certainly seems strange to see a man like Ralegh , afterwards the refined courtier , the cultivated man of letters , en-
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Louise Creighton. refined courtier , the cultivated man of letters , en- gaged in such bloody work . It is only another sign amongst many how he entered into the busy life of those days in all its varied phases , and gained experience of ...
Louise Creighton. refined courtier , the cultivated man of letters , en- gaged in such bloody work . It is only another sign amongst many how he entered into the busy life of those days in all its varied phases , and gained experience of ...
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... letters to her have come down to us . They are the letters of an ardent and successful lover to his mistress , rather than those of a subject to his Queen ; and his love remained unchanged through his life . Elizabeth herself was ...
... letters to her have come down to us . They are the letters of an ardent and successful lover to his mistress , rather than those of a subject to his Queen ; and his love remained unchanged through his life . Elizabeth herself was ...
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